Visual Versus Narrative Case Material: The Impact on Criminal Psychological Profiling

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 664-676

  Kocsis, Richard N ^a   Heller, Gillian Z ^b   Try, Andrew ^b  

^a Macquarie University ^*  (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case material; Criminal psychological profiling

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNIQUE; VICTIM; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADULT; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0242511713     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X03253242     Document Type: Article

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